A software update has given new life to my ancient MacBook Air

My wife recently expressed an interest in learning how to use Final Cut Pro to do a bit of video editing to record her dives and time on trail when shes out in the wilderness doing her thing. We already own the software, so no problem there. However, shes rocking a 2012 11 MacBook Air: a hand-me-down laptop that I gifted her a few years back when I bought a new MacBook Pro. It just doesnt have the guts to work with high resolution video in a meaningful way. Happily, instead of having to discuss the purchase of a new computer for her, I was able to suggest that she switch over to using my MacBook Pro, instead. Of late, Ive been doing most of my photo editing, tinkering video and other processor heavy work with the late model laptop issued to me by my employer. The only time I ever use my personal Mac is when Im working on my novel or to transfer music or movies to my phone.

I spent the day setting my MacBook Pronow my wifes MacBook Prowith all of her files and the software shell need to do what she wants to do. While that was getting sorted out, I turned my attention to the 11 MacBook Air. Ive always loved the size of this thing and, despite the amount of space taken up by its sinfully large display bezels, I used to enjoy working on it. I honestly dont think Ive ever owned a computer that Ive enjoyed using more. Read the rest